Bin Laden Front

The Bin Laden Front is a component of the al-Nusra Front founded by al-Qaeda veteran Mohammed Hussein

History
The Bin Laden Front was founded by Mohammed Hussein during the Syrian Civil War as a part of the al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda offshoot from Syria. It was named for Osama Bin Laden, who was killed by the United States in 2011, the same year as the start of the civil war. The Bin Laden Front's proclaimed goal was to liberate Greater Syria and not just overthrowing the Syrian Arab Republic.

The Bin Laden Front recruited not only adults, but also children, with fighters in their preteens or early teens learning the Quran and training with guns. The Bin Laden Front's leader Mohammed Hussein was interviewed in January 2014, as were several other al-Nusra Front, Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) members.